"And people perhaps not following the regulations in regards to operating a campfire and extinguishing it when they leave their campsite."

There is little excuse for the fires not being extinguished properly.

Mr Pattern says visitors are often near enough to extinguishing water because the majority camp along riverbanks.

"It's done by people camping along the Riverbank also by house boaters and other boaties."

It's thought the visitors who pose the most risk are the ones who haven't read up on safety information which brings about dangerous complacency.

"It's probably the people who haven't absorbed the information who are our biggest liability.

"People who are having campfires in good faith.

"It may be cooler nights and cooler mornings and they are probably not aware that their fire that looks like a pile of embers and ash potentially could blow up and become another fire later that day or in a couple of days time, if it's not actually extinguished [and] cold when the campers leave the scene."

Ignorance of the rules is no defence, however the CFS often finds it difficult tracking down people responsible for not extinguishing campfires.

"The biggest trouble for us with people having campfires is the people who are at that site [then] moving on.

"[Once they have moved on] the fire occurs a couple of days later because they haven't extinguished the fire properly.

"It's very difficult for us to backtrack and actually find out who was responsible for maintaining that fire."

The CFS is hoping that people will find time to familiarise themselves with the regulations before the Easter holidays because Easter falls during fire danger season.

Bushfire safety information including campfire regulations can be found at the CFS website

While individuals are personally responsible for educating themselves on compliance of bushfire regulations the CFS work closely with councils to ensure people are educated and compliant.

Garry Brinkworth, Manager of Environmental Services with the Berri Barmera Council says council employs caretakers at popular camping grounds and a fire prevention officer to inspect local grounds and issue expiation notices to those who flout the rules.

"We provide flyers and pamphlets to the visitors to the area [through caretakers] and that has been quite successful.

"The role of the fire prevention officer is predominantly enforcement."